With Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate looming, even his go-to of sticking it to immigrants when he’s having a bad day proves elusive. Next to trying to benefit his personal fortune and bullying foreign governments into helping him win election, Trump’s biggest obsession is with finding as many ways as possible to abuse immigrants…
The Donald Trump administration wants to charge poor immigrants a fee to apply for asylum protection in the United States, sources close to the administration told Buzzfeed News. “NEW: The Trump administration is considering charging immigrants a fee to apply for asylum protections in the US, according to sources close to the administration.†NEW: The…
The chairman of the House Progressive Caucus, Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, went to Tijuana, Mexico and joined the caravan of migrants who traveled from Central America. The congresswoman arrived in Tijuana on Friday after saying that she was going there because she wanted to see first-hand the conditions asylum seekers face at the…
Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum declared a humanitarian crisis on Friday as 5,000 migrants arrived in his city. Gastelum has asked the United Nations to provide help in dealing with the caravan of Central American migrants who arrived over the past few days. The migrants have made their way from their home countries to the…
Migrants seeking asylum are being stopped at the southern border and forced to stay in Mexico until they pay money to Mexican officials, the Los Angeles Times has reported. Asylum seekers are being funneled to border bridge crossings and are being blocked from approaching the U.S. side, the Times said. These poor migrants, who have…
A new Trump administration policy would force migrants to stay in Mexico as their asylum requests are processed, breaking sharply with current policy, The Washington Post reported late Wednesday night. According to the Post: “Central Americans who arrive at U.S. border crossings seeking asylum in the United States will have to wait in Mexico while…
To fire up his anti-immigrant base of supporters before the election, President Donald Trump announced he was issuing an extensive executive order requiring asylum-seekers to present themselves at a port of entry. He also said that he would hold the Central American refugees in tent cities while their legal cases are being heard, which could…
President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he will sign an extensive executive order requiring asylum-seekers to present themselves at a port of entry. In a television speech full of tough rhetoric designed to fire up right-wing voters for the midterms, he also said that he would hold the Central American refugees in tent cities…
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday, alleging the “evisceration of asylum protections†in refusing to consider domestic and gang violence as worthy criteria for granting asylum. “BREAKING: We’re suing Jeff Sessions for illegally denying asylum protections to immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality. These…
The Trump administration’s battle against children, asylum seekers, and human decency continued on Tuesday. Administration officials have now told U.S. immigration agents that they must force the parents of separated children to leave the country. Last week a federal judge issued a court order telling the Administration it must take steps to reunite the more…
According to The Texas Tribune, children who have been forcibly taken from their migrant parents are being held as hostages so that the parents will agree to voluntary deportation. The newspaper is reporting that adults who illegally crossed the border into Texas with children are “being pressured by government officials†to sign voluntary deportation orders…
